The Fancy Adventures Of Jack Cannon is a webcomic that is written and drawn by Jamie Anderson.Until recently, Jack Cannon has been home schooled. His life changed drastically when he started going to High School.On his first day in High School, Jack becomes friends with two girls named Angel and Cindy. He also got to know the resident Jerkass Craig, who is a Hacker, and not the usual kind of hacker. No, these hackers are people who hack reality. Jack is going to have some serious problems...
Contains examples of:
Accidental Truth: Angel telling Craig that Jack is "the most Badass fighter ever" in hopes it will save his skin.
Action Mom: Jack's mother is a professional bodyguard. And probably almost certainly some sort of ninja.
Anti-Magic: Pretty much the only reason he isn't dead.
Art Evolution: The art changed from more of a cartoony style to an Uncanny Valley, but has become more realistic now.
It should be noted that Max is not short for Maximilian. It's short for Maximum. So, his full name is Maximum Facepuncher. He punches a lot of faces.
Badass Family: The Cannons are all some sort of super soldiers.
Badass in Distress: Max, the principal, and Jack himself are all put in this position briefly. After her scarf is taken away, Crystal ends up in the same situation. For the majority of the cast, this trope is in effect whenever they end up in distress.
One might argue that with recent developments that he's Badass Abnormal, but since his only abnormality is that he at least partially negates any and all hackings in the area, it could be argued that he's so badass normal that that he normalizes everything around him.
Jack. The dude punches through 20 feet of dirt after being buried by a stone golem thing.
Distressed Damsel: This occurred with Angel and Cindy early on (twice). It also occurred with Jack's parents, who were used as a bargaining chip. Recently, it happened twice more with Crystal also being used as a bargaining chip, and Angel being captured by Craig again.
Distressed Dude: Happened briefly with the principal in two early stories. Jack's father and Max were also put in the state and used as bargaining chip. I'm sensing a pattern.
Elaborate Underground Base: a subversion in that its not actually underground, but the Mega Intelligence secret desert base seems plenty big and elaborate.
Even Evil Has Standards: Grin, who, after hacking Franky, refuses to do a hack like that again. Gavin agrees to it, since Grin feels so strongly about it. Even Gavin has standards, as he states that he did not go after Jack's parents since they were protecting their own, and he could understand that. However, he did use the fact that he could go after Jack's parents at any time he liked to pressure him into accepting a truce between the two of them, saying, "I'm not a murderer, but I am a killer." It doesn't seem shared among the underlings.
This probably applies to the hackers as well. They all get taken out very easily, but their reality warping powers prove very effective when they're used intelligently. Most of the defeated hackers have been taken out with a single hit.
Crystal: You don't scare me, Gavin. None of you do. The hackers are just a bunch of kids. Gavin: Exactly. Kids with godpowers. Children playing with nuclear bombs. You should be terrified.
No Holds Barred Beat Down: Looks like the fight between Max Facepuncher and Gavin is going to end up like. Justified in that Gavin isn't really there and Max Facepuncher's cockiness was his downfall.
Nonuniform Uniform: Word Of God confirms it's set in an Australian school that does have a uniform; most students either wear whatever they want over it or ignore it completely.
Not So Harmless: For much of the comic, the Hackers seem less than a serious threat, due to how easily Jack and his family handle them. However, the true horror of what the Hackers could do to someone is not made fully apparent until they change Franky into a monster and force him into attack Jack. That's right, the Hackers could turn anyone other than Jack into monsters and send them to attack him. Including his parents, his friends, ANYONE. Apparently the only reason they haven't is because Grin is the only person skilled enough (asides from Gavin) to do it properly, and after Franky she refuses to do it again. However, it's possible that not only could Gavin do it properly, but effortlessly, if he so chose, since apparently he can perform extremely complex hacks with a snap of his fingers numpad gloves.
Sadistic Choice: There's an interesting (and complicated) example. Jack Cannon has to choose between his parents or Angel. If he rescues Angel, Gavin will kill his parents. However, there are two different villains operating separately here, one having merely threatened, and the other having kidnapped. To complicate things further, one of the villains is working for the other and may have broken the rules within the organization. This means that Jack may not actually have to Take a Third Option or make a choice. Since Jack doesn't know all of the details, for him it is a sadistic choice.
Why Won't You Die?: Everyone who has tried to take on Jack has said or thought this at one point or another. Grin does a unique variation.
Grin: WHAT?! Why... Why can't I hack you? Jack: * A shrug that says, better than words ever could, "How the hell should I know?"*
Would Not Hit A Girl: Averted hard, thanks to Max Facepuncher. Twice, up to this point in the story.
Of course, while the first time was a pretty jerk-assed thing to do (he pimp-smacked Cindy right after she kicked him in the 'nads to protect Jack), the second was entirely justified.
is a webcomic that is written and drawn by Jamie Anderson.Until recently, Jack Cannon has been home schooled. His life changed drastically when he started going to High School.On his first day in High School, Jack becomes friends with two girls named Angel and Cindy. He also got to know the resident Jerkass Craig, who is a Hacker, and not the usual kind of hacker. No, these hackers are people who hack reality. Jack is going to have some serious problems...
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